Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-01-12
GENERAL mERwEN,s PETITION.

The Soldiers Monument Committee
Petition the Selectmen For Funds to
Aid i'm observation-disclosures Who
Want to be Bridge Tenders-The An.
mual AlmshOuse Visit.
Since the making of Tomlinson bridge a
free bridge recently many persons have had
an envious eye on the position of bridge
tender. The position is quite remunerative
one, considering the amount of work to be
done. The petitions of three gentlemen, F.
A. Thompson, Alfred A. Hill and Patrick
Kennedy, were read at the meeting of the
Board of Selectmen last night, President
| Klenke in the chair Messrs. Hill, Kennedy
| and Thompson stated in their petitions that
| they could furnish excellent references. The
salary of bridge tender will probably be
about 81 900. The Board voted to lay the
petitions on the table for future action.
The following petition was read by Presi-
| dent Klenke:
is to commemorate the heroic dead of our folders
and sailors calls for its completion during the com
ing spring. and this committee being DESTROYS tn at
it should be fifty dedicated and money being need.
ed to said 20 3ee IN hat Nem aven
has not forgotten their noble work but still cherish
ing the nations cause, or have since been mustered
| into the great unknown service.
authorities be and they are hereby petitioned to
make suitable appropriation for defraying the ex-
penses of properly dedicating said soldiers monu
Voted That it is the desire of the committee that
the Board of Selectmen and the Court of Common
Council shall a.. point their respective bodies
committees to cooperate with this and such com
point f the purpose Of dedication.
Voted, That each of the Grand Army organiza
to appoint committees to act with this and such
committees the town and city. authorities may
appoint for the purpose OF hitting dedication OF
said monument
The petition was signed by General S. E.
Merwin, chairman of the monument commit
tee. 1t was voted motion of Selectman
Reynolds that the entire Board of Selectnen
be the committee to attend the dedicatory
ercises as per invitation extended in General
Merwin's petition.
The matter of appropriating money from
the towns treasury did not strike the town
fathers very favorably, although individual
ly the Board expressed themselves perfectly
willing to contribute. After much discus
sion it was voted to appoint Selectman Rey
nolds a committee to ascertain from reliable
source the Boards power in the case.
1t was voted to make the annual visit to
New Haven aImshouse next Thursday.
P H. Carrigan and Philip Colwel1 petit
toned the Board for positions as foremen On
roads and bridges for the ensuing year, COM
pensation being SIS per week. Messrs. Car
rigan and Colwell are acting in the capacity
aforesaid at the present time, but they de-
sire raise of twenty-five cents per day.
There was much discussion as to whether the
desired raise should be granted, but the mat
ter was finally laid over.
The petition of Town Clerk Hugo for a
general index was next read. The following
vote was unanimously passed;
Voted, That the town clerk is hereby authorized
to make a general tender of seven volumes of the
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streets, etc; six volumes of tax liens; seven vol
umes of attachments: volume of judgment
puted by the town clerk of only existing incum-
brances in force and all that is necessary to be
compared by him with the hooks of the tax collec-
tor and the various court records.
The above will go back to 1858. It will
be found great convenience to many citi-
Zens.
Alfred Sommers, of Fair Haven, petit
toned the Board for $25 damages caused by
the town carting sand from a lot owned by
him on Middletown avenue. The petition
was tabled.
The following bills were approved: Aims
house So, 1O6 81, construction $3.50 80, roads
and bridges $3.50, outside poor $717.39,
salaries $40 90. general account $519. Sc.
The matter of procuring two new garbage
carts was talked up. The contractors ap
peared and stated that they had examined
two but had not yet decided to purchase.
The matter was laid over.
The Blake street grading was discussed by
the Board, one of the property owners hav-
ing petitioned the Board for over $500 dam
ages. The awarding of the bill was laid
over.